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Online shops and bigger systems

Not every business needs a brochure site. When you need to sell online, take bookings, or give customers a login, that is a different kind of build — and it is a good share of what we do.

Online shops

A proper shop, not a page with a PayPal button. Product pages with variants and options, categories and filters, stock levels that go down as things sell, discount codes, delivery rules by weight or postcode, and card payments through Stripe or a similar provider.

You manage products in the same panel you use to edit pages — add a product, upload photos from your phone, set a price. Or send us a spreadsheet and we will load them for you.

Booking and quoting systems

Customers pick a slot from your real availability, or answer a few questions and get a rough figure before they ring. Either way the enquiry reaches you already qualified, so the first phone call is about the work rather than the basics.

• Availability drawn from your own calendar
• Deposits taken at the point of booking, if you want them
• Reminders by email or text to cut no-shows
• Quote builders that price a job from the answers given

Customer and trade logins

A password-protected area where different people see different things — trade pricing for account customers, downloads and documents for existing clients, order history, or a members' section. Useful the moment you are treating two kinds of customer differently.

Large multi-page sites

Dozens or hundreds of pages need structure, or nobody finds anything — customers or search engines. That means proper navigation, sensible URLs, internal linking, and a content model that lets you add the next fifty pages without it collapsing.

Connecting to what you already use

Most of the value in a bigger build is in the joins. We connect sites to stock systems, accounting software, CRMs, mailing lists, payment providers and delivery services, so information is entered once rather than three times.

Common questions

Can I move an existing shop across?

Usually. Products, customers and order history can generally be exported from one platform and imported into another. Some platforms make this deliberately awkward — worth checking before you commit to one.

Should I just use Shopify?

Sometimes, yes, and we will tell you if so. Shopify is a reasonable choice for a straightforward shop with plenty of products and no unusual requirements. A custom build makes sense when you need something Shopify does not do, when the monthly fees and transaction charges start to bite, or when the shop is only one part of a larger site.

How long does a shop take?

Longer than a brochure site — typically six to twelve weeks, and the main variable is your product data rather than the build. Getting photographs, descriptions and prices together is usually what sets the pace.

Can I still edit it myself?

Yes, and it works exactly as it does on a smaller site. Try the editor — the demo is a landing page because it is the simplest thing to demonstrate, but the panel is the same one.

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